It was such a special treat to return to this beautiful Sunol home and photograph my second wedding there. My first wedding at the house was for Bryna’s brother Ryan in 2011. This time, I got to meet and work with Bryna and her groom Andrew. Bryna and Andrew have been together for twelve years, and over half of that was…
Stephanie and Ian both went to the University of California in Berkeley, but that’s not where they met. It was years later, at the Berkeley alumni bar in New York City, that they met while watching a Cal football game. They ended up living in New York City and in Washington, DC together for several years,…
Cake party! We had such a lovely shoot with these wooden cake toppers from Brown Fox Calligraphy, cakes decorated by my friend Andrew Chao, and florals by Hawthorn Flower Studio. Here’s a little glimpse at our three pretty cakes below: Vendors: Cake toppers: Brown Fox Calligraphy Cake: Andrew Chao Florals: Hawthorn Flower Studio Venue: Berkeley City…
I was thrilled to help Melanie of Hawthorn Flower Studio photograph a floral lookbook for her new marketing collateral. One of my favorite venues, The Berkeley City Club, provided the perfect setting for our shoot. See it all below: What a privilege to work with such talented friends! See more of Melanie’s floral work at…
I’m not a very outdoorsy person by nature. Lacking in athleticism, having no survival skills, and having a general dislike for insects makes me pretty useless for most intense outdoor activities. But walking through pretty nature? Yes. That I love. Back in March and April, I got to go on four different hikes around the…
I connected with Lauren, the style blogger behind Shoes and Sashimi, over instagram one day. Her style epitomizes the effortless, cool California girl. She asked if I’d be interested in a collaboration, and so we met up in her hometown of Piedmont for a lovely stroll and some casual portraits around the neighborhood. For more, check…
It’s been five years since I last photographed Kristina and Peter at their beautiful wine country wedding. They are now expecting their first child, a baby girl due in April, and I was delighted to meet up with them again to photograph them as they embark on the next phase of their lives together. We walked…
Mawwage! Mawwage is wot bwings us togeder today. Yes, the ceremony from The Princess Bride. A (Jewish) friend dressed in full Catholic bishop regalia kicked off the wedding with his hilarious rendition of the ceremony, performed with a straight face all the way through. This happened after the bride walked down the aisle with a…
For a long time, Lazy Bear was an underground pop-up, delighting diners who were in the know with their communal dinner parties. In the last few weeks, it went from underground to brick and mortar. Reservations were of course a scramble, compounded by the fact that they went with Alinea’s ticketing system (nonrefundable, like concert tickets)….
For Jesse’s October visit to San Francisco, I got to do two tourists’ staples that I have still not managed to do in the six years that I’ve lived here: ride bikes across the Golden Gate Bridge and take the ferry out to Alcatraz Island. We’ll save Alcatraz for another post, but here’s our bike…
From the first moment that Daniel saw Mariko decked out in her wedding finery, he let out a Daaayum girl! with a huge grin on his face. They both checked each other out, excited, happy, and a little bit silly. As we drove from the Claremont Hotel to their wedding venue at Tilden Park, the excitement of…
I met up with Whitney, a gorgeous mother-to-be, for some portraits around Golden Gate Park. Here are some favorites below! Hair & Makeup: Julianne, Prettyologie Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer based in San Francisco. She creates beautiful, soft, and timeless imagery while capturing the most fleeting of moments. View her work at…